Combined cover and cigar-cutter.



PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904.

w. PEAROBD COMBINED COVER AND CIGAR CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1903.

Do MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented August 30, 1904.

PATENT @EEIEE.

WILLIAM PEARCE, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,685, dated August 30, 1904.

Application filed June 20, 1903 To all whom, it may concern:

Be it knownthat LIVILLIAM PEARCE, manufacturer, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Summer Hill Button o rks, Birmingham, in the county of farwick, England, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Combined Covers and Cigar-Cutters, (for which I have applied for a patent in (JrreatBritain, No. 9,756, dated April 30, 1903,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the covers or caps of tobacco-pipes, mustardpots, and the like and which is applicable also to cigar-cutters, and has for its object a cover which'takes up a minimum amount of space, is simple-and inexpensive to manufacture, and can be readily opened and closed, while at the same time the particular method of closing obviates the necessity of a spring-catch, and the arrangement in the case of covers for pipes can be utilized as a cigar-cutter.

In order that this invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried into practice, 1 have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings, upon which I have illustrated the nature of my said invention.

Figure 1 is a general View of the bowl of a pipe, showing the improved cap partly opened. Fig. 2 is a plan of the cap when closed. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of Fig. 2. Fig. A is a sectional plan with the top plate removed, showing the cap as when closed. Fig. 5 is a similar sectional plan to Fig. 4, but with the cap shown as when open. Fig. 6 is a plan of the under plate or rim. Fig. 7 is an elevation of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a section illustrating the application of the cap to a mustardpot or other like article. Fig. 9 is a view illustrating the application of the arrangement to a cigar-cutter.

In carrying this invention into efiect the parts A A of the divided cap or cover are respectively pivoted between the top plate B and under plate C at a and a and are each provided with the quadrant teeth (4* aiwhich gear with each other in such a manner that upon the operation of the part A a similar movement is imparted to the part A, by which means the two parts A and A of the cover Serial No. 162,459. (No model.)

are simultaneously operated for either opening or closing by the movement of the projection a. Stops a (Z are provided for preventing the parts of the cover from opening too far, and a stud-pin 0' is fixed between the upper and lower plates to form a central stop to the parts A A when closed. The under plate C is flanged at c to form a socket, which fits within or around the bowl of the pipe D or neck of the mustard-pot D or other article and which may be secured to the article by any suitable means.

For utilizing the cap or cover as a cigarcutter one of the edges (4 is provided with a cutting edge and is made to slightly overlap the other edge (4 and such a cigar-cutter may be formed integral in itself without being a cover, substantially as illustrated by Fig. 9, while either or both of the edges a" and a may be formed with a cutting edge.

The plates B C in Figs. 1, 3, and 8 and the plate a in Fig. 9 constitute a ring-shaped support for the pivoted parts A A.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of two parallel apertured casing-plates connected at intervals so as to leave peripheral openings between said plates, and two parts geared together and located between said casing-plates, said parts being pivoted to the said plates and adapted to swing out beyond the outer edges of the plates through the said peripheral openings.

2. The combination of the casing-plates and two parts geared together and pivoted to said plates, one of said parts having a cutting and overlapping edge.

3. The combination of the ring-shaped support, and two parts geared together and carried by said support, one or both of the adja cent edges of said parts being formed to a knife-edge and overlapped.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM PEARCE. 

